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Nursing home to hold absentee voting Aug. 8
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MONROE - Absentee voting will be administered starting at 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 8 in the dining room at Monroe Manor Nursing Home.

Special voting deputies, appointed by the City of Monroe, will be administering absentee voting for the residents of the facility for the spring election. Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on Election Day may request to vote an absentee ballot. A qualified elector is any U.S. citizen who will be 18 years of age or older on Election Day and who has resided in the ward or municipality where he or she wishes to vote for a least 28 consecutive days before the election. The elector must also be registered in order to receive an absentee ballot.

Only observers from each of the two recognized political parties whose candidates for governor or president received the greatest number of votes in the municipality at the most recent general election may accompany the deputies to each facility where absentee voting will take place. The observers may observe the process of absentee ballot distribution in the common areas of the home, facility or complex. Each party wishing to have an observer present shall submit the name of the observer to the city clerk no later than the close of business on the last business day prior to the visit.

Family members of residents may be present at the time of voting.

For more information, contact Carol J. Stamm, city clerk, at 608-329-2530 or cstamm@cityofmonroe.org.
Monroe eyes new police ‘Interceptor’
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MONROE — Due to a back-order of suitable cars, the Monroe Police Department (MPD) is looking to an Illinois dealer to buy its newest police cruiser.

Not only is the new squad from an out-of-state supplier, but it is a different brand from the aging Dodge Durango fleet operated by MPD. Police Chief Fred Kelley — on the agenda for the Jan. 20 Monroe Common Council meeting — is recommending that the council approve spending $47,413 on a 2025 Ford Explorer Police Interceptor with 3.3-liter, V6 engine from Sutton Ford of Matteson, Ill. a far-south suburb of Chicago.

“We normally order police vehicles from in-state or local dealers, and then wait for the vehicles, sometimes several months lately,” Kelley told the council, in a memo attached to the proposal. “The difference is that they have a lot full, where they are unavailable otherwise without ordering…This way, we can just go pick up the vehicle immediately.”

Kelley said the department has had some issues in recent months with its Dodge squad cars and is looking forward to trying out a different brand. The Matteson dealer can have cars on hand because they buy in bulk — already supplying the Chicago Police Department and Illinois State Police with their cruisers.

“Again, there is no price break for waiting, and this gives us one for use immediately,” Kelley said.